The Telegraph has long enjoyed the closest association with gardeners. Indeed, as the newspaper of choice for the counties and the shires, it revels in the glory and variety of Britainâ??s horticultural heritage, whether celebrating the most renowned gardens, like Great Dixter, or extolling the tart virtues of rhubarb.
For gardening spans a vast spectrum. Variously hobby, art form, industry and, on occasion, cause of social unrest, it encompasses the annual spectacle of the Chelsea Flower Show, Vita Sackville-Westâ??s legendary White Garden at Sissinghurst, and the pursuit of prize-winning pumpkins. And while the Telegraphâ??s weekend supplements might publish advice on growing asparagus or figs, the letters pages bristle with feuds and controversies at the RHS.Â
Whatever form it takes, few things could be more central to the world of the Telegraph reader than the garden. Which is why the paper has always attracted the best writers on the subject: from the experts of today, such as Stephen Lacey, Mary Keen, Sarah Raven and Bunny Guinness, through great sages of yesteryear, like Fred Whitsey, Denis Wood and Rosemary Verey, to the more esoteric musings of Germaine Greer, Roy Strong and W. F. Deedes. All are collected here in this compendious and endlessly fascinating anthology, compiled by eminent green-fingered scribe Tim Richardson.
As varied and colourful as a traditional herbaceous border at the height of summer, Of Rhubarb and Roses is the perfect book for an afternoonâ??s reading in a deckchair, as the shadows lengthen across that newly mown lawn.
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‘An assorted box of chocolates. I happily skipped between essays by the likes of Vita Sackville-West, Germaine Greer and Sir Roy Strong, greedily consuming one after the other in quick succession. For those with more restraint, this is a book that promises many hours of savoured delights.’
'A thrilling collection of humorous and well-informed horticultural musings. '
'This selection of Telegraph garden writing deftly covers both the rose bed and the compost heap'
'A thrilling collection of humorous and well-informed horticultural musings. '
'Entertaining and instructive.'
'Those who love their armchair gardening will love Tim Richardson's anthology of garden writing.'
'The perfect gift for any nostalgic gardener.'
â??An assorted box of chocolates. I happily skipped between essays by the likes of Vita Sackville-West, Germaine Greer and Sir Roy Strong, greedily consuming one after the other in quick succession. For those with more restraint, this is a book that promises many hours of savoured delights.â??
'This selection of Telegraph garden writing deftly covers both the rose bed and the compost heap'
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